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Hillsdale Prof. Paul Rahe: "What Should Obama Say Tonight?"
BigGovernment.com ^ | 1/25/11 | Prof. Paul A. Rahe

Posted on 01/25/2011 7:49:27 AM PST by hillsdale1

Sad to say, what I wrote last year at this time is hardly less apt today: “The State of the Union Address is ordinarily a bore. It generally consists of a laundry list of proposals, and the list nearly always seems interminable. If Barack Obama has moxie, however, tonight could be different. His State of the Union Address could be a real game changer.”

“Here,” I then wrote, “is how he could do it – if he was really intent on saving his Presidency and on turning a disgraceful performance in that office into something worthy of eulogy. This evening, after the usual formalities, he could say:

My fellow Americans, let me begin by stating the obvious. The state of our union is not good. We seem to be – we may be – coming out of a recession. But, if so, the recovery is not only jobless; it is accompanied by an increase in employment.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillsdale; hillsdalecollege; obama; stateoftheunion
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1 posted on 01/25/2011 7:49:31 AM PST by hillsdale1
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To: hillsdale1

How ‘bout, “I quit”.


2 posted on 01/25/2011 7:51:37 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: hillsdale1

“I quit”


3 posted on 01/25/2011 7:51:53 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 735 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: hillsdale1

“I have no birth certificate ...”


4 posted on 01/25/2011 7:52:12 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: PetroniusMaximus

16 steenkin’ seconds.


5 posted on 01/25/2011 7:52:47 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 735 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

I resign immediately.


6 posted on 01/25/2011 7:55:18 AM PST by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: hillsdale1

I lie.


7 posted on 01/25/2011 7:57:42 AM PST by texas_mrs
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To: hillsdale1

NO MAS


8 posted on 01/25/2011 7:57:45 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: hillsdale1
He SHOULD say...

wow... I am so far over my head... I was never even eligible to be president, I hate this job.... and I hear-by resign...

I am so sorry.

9 posted on 01/25/2011 8:01:04 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: hillsdale1

Since he’s not the president of the United States, he should admit that he’s a Kenyan-born, illegal alien, and hope that he won’t be prosecuted for fraud, but rather would settle for deportation with his family.

He can’t resign, because he was never qualified to be in our White House. Hoping for a quiet deportation would be a good solution.


10 posted on 01/25/2011 8:02:56 AM PST by laweeks
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To: hillsdale1

Doesn’t matter — if he stands there for half an hour buffing his nails, the media will still call it his “comeback kid” moment.


11 posted on 01/25/2011 8:04:15 AM PST by Elwood P. Doud (America, you voted for a negro socialist with an Islamic name - so why act surprised?)
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To: hillsdale1

The Wee Wee would never read anything that truthful to the American public ... not tonight ... not ever

12 posted on 01/25/2011 8:05:10 AM PST by Zakeet (Always trust in the five G's: God, Gold, Guns, Grub, and the Government screwing up)
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To: hillsdale1

I’d love to see some gutsy repub run up there & trash the teleprompter!!!!


13 posted on 01/25/2011 8:07:32 AM PST by blondee123
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To: PetroniusMaximus
That would be good. However,
I hereby resign and Vice President Biden has already delivered his resignation which I have accepted. Accordingly, I am turning the podium over to the Speaker of the House, who will be sworn in as our president. Good bye and good luck.
We can dream, can't we, and hope for change in which we can maybe believe.
14 posted on 01/25/2011 8:08:08 AM PST by DanMiller (Dan Miller)
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To: hillsdale1
What Should Obama Say Tonight?

"I'd like to introduce you to President Biden, as I'm resigning effective immediately."


15 posted on 01/25/2011 8:09:07 AM PST by reagan_fanatic
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To: hillsdale1

What should Obama say ??

Nothing !!....we have had more than enough of his lies !

Obama should just shut his big trap, pack his stuff and vacate the White House pronto.

I would also jail his ass and his lackeys for the massive con they have perpetrated on the American people.


16 posted on 01/25/2011 8:14:39 AM PST by Sloane_Ranger
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To: blondee123
I’d love to see some gutsy repub run up there & trash the teleprompter!!!!Isn't there some geek that could fix that teleprompter so it would go blank in the middle of the speech ,LOL.
17 posted on 01/25/2011 8:16:33 AM PST by tommix2
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To: hillsdale1

“I will resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.”


18 posted on 01/25/2011 8:16:48 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Take out the third, fifth and sixth letters and it's 'Red Digest', Comrade!")
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To: hillsdale1

How’s about......”I will not seek, nor will I accept my party’s nomination as your president” (the best words to ever come out of that asshole LBJ’s mouth). In the meantime we can hope the rest of this clod’s administration will be rendered impotent if the Republicans will do their jobs......or they can impeach him tomorrow and force him to quit.:) I’m easy.....makes no difference to me.


19 posted on 01/25/2011 8:18:35 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
I recall my fondest quote by Lyndon Banes Johnson. "I will not seek nor accept nomination for reelection as President of the United States."

That is pretty close to my fondest quote by any president. Try to top that Mr. President.

20 posted on 01/25/2011 8:20:29 AM PST by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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